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Meaning of devil's own | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Particularly devilish; highly unpleasant or evil.
    not-comparable
  2. Intense.
    not-comparable

Examples

“The reason why our distressed young teacher found it the devil's own job to get the students to write was probably basically that they were not led to believe that written work was expected of them.”
“'The Capt'n's been ridin' the devil's own pace,' said Dalton the coachman.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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